Shloka 21
विष्णु-ब्रह्म-विवाद-वर्णनम्
Description of the Viṣṇu–Brahmā Dispute and Brahmā’s Confusion
तथाभूतमहं दृष्ट्वा सदसन्मयमात्मना । नारायणं महाबाहु हर्षितो ह्यभवं तदा
tathābhūtamahaṃ dṛṣṭvā sadasanmayamātmanā | nārāyaṇaṃ mahābāhu harṣito hyabhavaṃ tadā
Melihat Nārāyaṇa dalam keadaan demikian—dengan batin sendiri aku menyedari-Nya sebagai inti bagi yang nyata (sat) dan yang tidak nyata (asat)—pada saat itu, wahai yang berlengan perkasa, aku pun dipenuhi sukacita.
Brahmā (narrating his direct realization/vision)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: teaching
Cosmic Event: Pre-creation/creation threshold: Brahmā’s inward cognition (ātmanā) of sat-asat essence
FAQs
It highlights inner realization (ātmanā) of the Supreme as the ground of both the manifest and unmanifest, indicating that true knowledge brings spontaneous joy and steadiness in the midst of creation’s dualities.
Though Nārāyaṇa is named, the Sṛṣṭi narrative in Rudra Saṃhitā frames the cosmos as arising from the one Supreme Reality; Linga-worship similarly trains the mind to see the Saguna symbol as pointing to the Nirguna source beyond sat/asat distinctions.
Meditate inwardly on the indwelling Self (ātmanā) while repeating a Shiva-mantra such as the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), cultivating the vision of one Reality underlying both seen and unseen.